A Swanville man was seriously injured in a weekend crash, according to the Waldo County Sheriff's Department.The crash happened just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday on Oak Hill Road in Swanville.The Sheriff's Department said Steven McFadden lost control of his car; it went off off the road and hit a tree.McFadden, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the car, investigators said.He was taken to a Belfast hospital before be flown by helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.Deputies said speed appears to be a factor in the crash.

SWANVILLE, Maine —

A Swanville man was seriously injured in a weekend crash, according to the Waldo County Sheriff's Department.

The crash happened just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday on Oak Hill Road in Swanville.

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The Sheriff's Department said Steven McFadden lost control of his car; it went off off the road and hit a tree.

McFadden, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the car, investigators said.

He was taken to a Belfast hospital before be flown by helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.